NCE LPC Exam - Part 2- Social and
Cultural Diversity
101. America has been called the most diverse country on the face of our planet. Counseling a client
from a different social and/or cultural background is known as
a. cross-cultural counseling
b. multicultural counseling
c. intercultural counseling
d. all of the above - Answer-d
102. Culture refers to...
a. customs shared by a group which distinguish it from other groups
b. values shared by a group that are learned from others in the group
c. attitudes, beliefs, art, and language which characterize members of a group often passed from
generation to generation
d. all of the above - Answer-d
,103. Our culture is more diverse than in the past. Multicultural counselors often work with persons who
are culturally different. This means the client...
a. is culturally biased
b. suffers from the diagnosis of cultural relativity
c. belongs to a different culture from the helper
d. presents problems which deal only with culturally charged issues - Answer-c
104. In order to diagnose clients from a different culture...
a. the counselor ideally will need some information regarding the specifics of the culture
b. the counselor will find the DSM useless
c. the counselor should rely heavily on cultural epoch theory
d. NBCC ethics prohibit the use of DSM diagnosis - Answer-a
105. In the United States, each socioeconomic group represents...
a. a separate race
b. a separate culture
c. the concept of color blindness
d. a separate national culture - Answer-b
106. Which therapist was not instrumental in the early years of the social psychology movement?
a. Freud
b. Durkheim
,c. McDougall
d. Berne - Answer-d
107. ___ and ___ would say that regardless of culture, humans have an instinct to fight.
a. Maslow; Rodgers
b. Ellis; Harper
c. Freud; Lorenz
d. Glasser; Rodgers - Answer-c
108. _______ believe that aggression is learned. Thus, a child who witnesses aggressive behavior in
adults may imitate the aggressive behavior.
a. instinct theorists
b. innate aggression theorists
c. social learning theorists
d. followers of Erik Erikson - Answer-c
109. The APGA, which became the AACD until 1992 and is now the ACA, contributed to the growth of
cross-cultural counseling by...
a. the 1972 formation of the Association for Non-White Concerns in Personnel & Guidance, later known
as the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development
b. the 1972 ethic which made it unethical to see culturally different clients with our three hours of
relevant graduate work in this area
c. the ethic which required a 3,000 hour practicum in order to work with culturally different clients
d. urging non-whites to take graduate counseling courses - Answer-a
, 110. Daniel Levinson proposed a controversial stage-crisis view theory with several major life transitions.
He...
a. is the Father of Multicultural Counseling
b. wrote the 1978 classic "Seasons of a Man's Life" and the 1997 sequel "Seasons of a Woman's Life"
c. postulated a midlife crisis for men between ages 40-45 and for women approximately five years
earlier
d. b and c - Answer-d
111. The 3 factors which enhance interpersonal attraction are:
a. assertiveness, anxiety, ego strength
b. close proximity, physical attraction, similar beliefs
c. culture, race, assertiveness
d. ego strength, anxiety, race - Answer-b
112. The term contextualism implies that...
a. multicultural counseling is the oldest subspecialty in the profession
b. behavior must be assessed in the context of the culture in which the behavior occurs
c. the notion of worldview is highly inaccurate
d. protective tests are more accurate than objective measures when performing cross-cultural
counseling - Answer-b
113. Carol Gilligan, although she was an assistant to Lawrence Kohlberg, was critical of his theory of
moral development...
Cultural Diversity
101. America has been called the most diverse country on the face of our planet. Counseling a client
from a different social and/or cultural background is known as
a. cross-cultural counseling
b. multicultural counseling
c. intercultural counseling
d. all of the above - Answer-d
102. Culture refers to...
a. customs shared by a group which distinguish it from other groups
b. values shared by a group that are learned from others in the group
c. attitudes, beliefs, art, and language which characterize members of a group often passed from
generation to generation
d. all of the above - Answer-d
,103. Our culture is more diverse than in the past. Multicultural counselors often work with persons who
are culturally different. This means the client...
a. is culturally biased
b. suffers from the diagnosis of cultural relativity
c. belongs to a different culture from the helper
d. presents problems which deal only with culturally charged issues - Answer-c
104. In order to diagnose clients from a different culture...
a. the counselor ideally will need some information regarding the specifics of the culture
b. the counselor will find the DSM useless
c. the counselor should rely heavily on cultural epoch theory
d. NBCC ethics prohibit the use of DSM diagnosis - Answer-a
105. In the United States, each socioeconomic group represents...
a. a separate race
b. a separate culture
c. the concept of color blindness
d. a separate national culture - Answer-b
106. Which therapist was not instrumental in the early years of the social psychology movement?
a. Freud
b. Durkheim
,c. McDougall
d. Berne - Answer-d
107. ___ and ___ would say that regardless of culture, humans have an instinct to fight.
a. Maslow; Rodgers
b. Ellis; Harper
c. Freud; Lorenz
d. Glasser; Rodgers - Answer-c
108. _______ believe that aggression is learned. Thus, a child who witnesses aggressive behavior in
adults may imitate the aggressive behavior.
a. instinct theorists
b. innate aggression theorists
c. social learning theorists
d. followers of Erik Erikson - Answer-c
109. The APGA, which became the AACD until 1992 and is now the ACA, contributed to the growth of
cross-cultural counseling by...
a. the 1972 formation of the Association for Non-White Concerns in Personnel & Guidance, later known
as the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development
b. the 1972 ethic which made it unethical to see culturally different clients with our three hours of
relevant graduate work in this area
c. the ethic which required a 3,000 hour practicum in order to work with culturally different clients
d. urging non-whites to take graduate counseling courses - Answer-a
, 110. Daniel Levinson proposed a controversial stage-crisis view theory with several major life transitions.
He...
a. is the Father of Multicultural Counseling
b. wrote the 1978 classic "Seasons of a Man's Life" and the 1997 sequel "Seasons of a Woman's Life"
c. postulated a midlife crisis for men between ages 40-45 and for women approximately five years
earlier
d. b and c - Answer-d
111. The 3 factors which enhance interpersonal attraction are:
a. assertiveness, anxiety, ego strength
b. close proximity, physical attraction, similar beliefs
c. culture, race, assertiveness
d. ego strength, anxiety, race - Answer-b
112. The term contextualism implies that...
a. multicultural counseling is the oldest subspecialty in the profession
b. behavior must be assessed in the context of the culture in which the behavior occurs
c. the notion of worldview is highly inaccurate
d. protective tests are more accurate than objective measures when performing cross-cultural
counseling - Answer-b
113. Carol Gilligan, although she was an assistant to Lawrence Kohlberg, was critical of his theory of
moral development...
